名和晃平 Kohei Nawa
Profile
彫刻家／Sandwich Inc.主宰／京都芸術大学教授
1975年生まれ。京都を拠点に活動。2003年京都市立芸術大学大学院美術研究科博士課程彫刻専攻修了。2009年「Sandwich」を創設。
名和は、感覚に接続するインターフェイスとして、彫刻の「表皮」に着目し、セル(細胞・粒)という概念を機軸として、2002年に情報化時代を象徴する《PixCell》を発表。生命と宇宙、感性とテクノロジーの関係をテーマに、重力で描くペインティング《Direction》やシリコーンオイルが空間に降り注ぐ《Force》、液面に現れる泡とグリッドの《Biomatrix》、そして泡そのものが巨大なボリュームに成長する《Foam》など、彫刻の定義を柔軟に解釈し、鑑賞者に素材の物性がひらかれてくるような知覚体験を生み出してきた。
近年では、アートパビリオン《洸庭》など、建築のプロジェクトも手がける。2015年以降、ベルギーの振付家／ダンサーのダミアン・ジャレとの協働によるパフォーマンス作品《VESSEL》《Mist》《Planet [wanderer]》の三部作を制作。2018年にフランス・ルーヴル美術館 ピラミッド内にて彫刻作品《Throne》を特別展示。2023年、フランス・セーヌ川のセガン島に高さ25mの屋外彫刻作品《Ether (Equality)》を恒久設置。
Sculptor / Director of Sandwich Inc. / Professor at Kyoto University of the Arts
Born in 1975, and based in Kyoto, Japan, Kohei Nawa received a PhD in Fine Art/Sculpture from Kyoto City University of Arts in 2003, and established Sandwich in 2009. He is now a professor at the Kyoto University of the Arts.
Focusing on the “surface skin” of sculptures as an interface connecting to the senses, Nawa began his “PixCell” series in 2002 symbolizing the information age, based on the concept of the cell. Adopting a flexible interpretation of the meaning of sculpture, he produces perceptual experiences that reveal the physical properties of materials to the viewer through works addressing themes related to life and the cosmos and to artistic sensibility and technology, including “Direction” in which he produces paintings using gravity, “Force” in which silicone oil pours down through a space, “Biomatrix” in which bubbles and grids emerge on a liquid surface, and “Foam” in which bubbles form enormous volumes.
Recently, Nawa has also worked on architectural projects, including the art pavilion “Kohtei”. “VESSEL”, a performance work produced in collaboration with Belgo-French choreographer and dancer Damian Jalet, has been presented around the world since its premiere in 2015. In 2018, his sculpture “Throne” was exhibited under the Pyramid at the Musée du Louvre in Paris, France. In 2023, the 25m tall outdoor sculpture “Ether (Equality)” was installed permanently on Seguin Island of the Seine river.